THE AMERICAS: Walking Papers

General Marcos Perez Jimenez, 44, the
plump, well-manicured ex-dictator of Venezuela, got a rude order last
week from the U.S. Immigration Service: get out of the country by April
15. Perez Jimenez has been living in a $300,000 mansion in Florida on a
temporary visa and a diplomatic passport given him, in a show of
chivalry, by the revolutionary junta that bounced him from office 15
months ago.

The fallen dictator is a source of embarrassment for the U.S. in its
relations with the new, democratically elected Venezuelan government,
which accuses him of looting and terrorizing the country. The State
Department...